The Singareni Collieries Company Limited

The Singareni Collieries Company Limited or SCCL is a government-owned coal mining company in India. One of the public sector undertakings, the company is jointly owned by the Telangana government (51 percent) and the Union Government (49 percent). The Union Government's administration of the company is through the Ministry of Coal. SCCL is currently operating 16 opencast and 32 underground mines in 4 districts of Telangana with a manpower around 62,805.There are 4 opencast and 12 underground mines in and around manthani. 

Sripada Yellampalli project

Sripada Yellampalli project is an irrigation project located at Yellampalli Village, Ramagundam Mandal, between Karimnagar district- Adilabad district in Telangana, India .The project is fourth largest on the Godavari River in Telangana region. It is named after late legislator, D. Sripada Rao.

The project is designed to utilise about 63 tmc of water at a cost of Rs. 900 crores in the first phase. In the second phase, about 49.5 tmc would be lifted to the upland regions of Karimnagar, Adilabad, Nizamabad, Warangal and Medak districts. 6 tmc water allotted for NTPCramagundam project.After the flood gates are installed, the project couldwould save about 20 Tmcft of water. Presently, the project was storing only 3.5 tmcft of water.

The project operational requirement is 163 MW power and 469 million KWh of electrical energy annually to pump the water. The project would supply water for NTPC power project reservoir in Ramagundam mandal in Karimnagar. it is started on 2005 near mormoor and yellampalli village.

Sivaram wildlife Sanctuary

Sivaram wildlife Sanctuary Located along the holy River Godavari  in Karimnagar district of Telangana, the total area of this beautiful wildlife Sanctuary is approx. 36.29 sq kms. This wildlife sanctuary is well known for Marsh Crocodiles that are seen throughout the Indo Gangetic plain.

The marsh crocodiles are the fresh water crocodile which are also known as Mugger Crocodiles. These mugger crocodiles outnumber the salt water crocodiles, and can crawl for a considerable distances on land. These crocodiles that are equally mobile on land as well as in water, and this quality stands as the hot tourist attraction at Sivaram wildlife Sanctuary in Telangana.

The deciduous vegetation of this sanctuary consisting of Timan, Terminalias, Teak, Gumpena, Kodsha. It also has some Thorny Shrubs. The wildlife sanctuary attracts a lot of tourists with its wide collection of fauna which includes Sloth bear, Nilgai, Panther, Langaun Rhesus Monkey, Cheetal, etc. The most appropriate time for a visit to this wildlife Sanctuary is winter.

How to Reach

Shivaram Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife preserve located nearly 10 km from Manthani in Telangana and is well accessible by road. peddapalli is the nearest railway station. 

JNTU MANTHANI

JNTU MANTHANI

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad College of Engineering Manthani (JNTUHCEM or JNTM) is a constituent engineering college of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTU Hyderabad). It is located in Karimnagar district in Telangana, India. It was established in 2010 to provide Engineering Education to the rural youth of the backward districts of Adilabad, Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Warangal. The Campus lies mid-way between peddapalli and Manthani road and is around 65 k.m away from Karimnagar and 17 k.m away from Godavarikhani.

The college has been supported by Singareni Collieries Company for infrastructural development. As a Social obligation the University is permitted to provide 5% supernumerary seats in each discipline to the children of employees of Singareni Collieries

JNTUM .official website link :  http://www.jntuhcem.ac.in/

Godavari Pushkaralu News

Usually Godavari ‘Pushkaralu’ were held at the ancient and historic temple shrines of Dharmapuri, Kaleshwaram,Manthani.

Koti Lingala and Manthani in Karimnagar district, but, this time, the district administration had decided to conduct pushkaralu all along the shores of Godavari in Karimnagar district for the benefit of devotees. The Godavari Pushkaralu would be held from July 14 to 27 this year.

Expecting a surge of pilgrims at the temple shrines in the district, the administration decided to conduct Pushkaralu in six other places along the shores of river Godavari in Mallapur, Dharmapuri, Ibrahimpatnam and Ramagundam mandals. The authorities have decided to conduct Godavari pushkaralu at the Erdandi in Ibrahimpatnam mandal, Valigonda and VV Rao Peta village of Mallapur mandal, Thimmapur and Rayapatnam villages of Dharmapuri mandals.

Accordingly, the authorities have prepared plans for the construction of bathing ghats and provision of other facilities such as laying of roads on the river shores etc. Following demand from the Godavarikhani coal belt region, the authorities were also examining the construction of bathing ghats on the shores of river Godavari at Ramagundam mandal for the benefit of coal miners in the region.

The authorities have also prepared an action plan for the Pushkaralu arrangements at a cost of Rs 77.77 crore.

Officials said that the decision to construct the bathing ghats all along the shores of river Godavari was taken to ease the congestion at the temple shrines.

“During Pushkaralu, the pilgrims take holy dip in the river and perform the ‘shradha’ rituals and other offerings and leave the place. Instead of allowing all pilgrims at one particular place temple shrine, we are planning to ease the congestion at the temple shrine by allowing the pilgrims to take holy dip in the river at various places in the district,” they added.

Kaleshwaram

Kaleshwaram is a village in Mahadevpur Mandal in Karimnagar district in the Indian state of Telangana. This name refers more broadly to the state of Telangana.Kaleshawarma is on the border of Telangana and Maharashtra at the juncture of the Rivers Godavari and its Pranahiti tributary. It is 277 kilometres from Hyderabad, 125 kilometres from Karimnagar, 115 kilometres from Warangal, 75 kilometres from Parkal and 60 kilometres from Manthani.

 

Temple

 It is the site of a temple of the Hindu god Lord Shiva. The temple is significant because of the two Shiva Lingas that are found on a single pedestal. These Linga are named Lord Shiva and Lord Yama. Collectively, they known as Kaleshwara Mukteswara Swamy. Kaleshwaram is one of three Shiva temples mentioned in Trilinga Desham "Land of Three Lingas."
The holy place draws tourists during the Karthika Month of the Indian Calendar, 16 November – 15 December. Holy baths are held during 6 to 17 December. People who bathe here first visit Lord Ganesha, then pray to Lord Yama and then to Lord Shiva. The temple is open from 4:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and 3:30-9:00 p.m.Two types of prasadam are inside the temple: Pulihora (Tamarind rice) and Laddu (Sweet).

  Rivers

Kaleshwaram is located exactly at the merging point of the Godavari River and its tributary, the River Pranahita. People believe that there is another river named saraswathi flowing under godavari and pranahita,therefore calling the meeting point as Triveni(three) Sangamam (Confluence).Kaleshwaram is center for pushkaras which are organised once for every 12 years. Saraswathi pushkaras took place in 2013 summer and godavari pushkaras took place in 2015.

Transport

Bus service is available from Warangal, Parkal, Karimnager and Manthani  provided by RTC and Godavarikhani and Peddapalli.Direct bus also  available from Hyderabad.